Will the iPad 2 Be Ideal Bait for Scammers?

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The next eight days could bring a bonanza of online scams and
tricks relating to the new iPad 2.

“Although there won't be as much
excitement around the
iPad 2 as there was around the original launch of the iPad,
there's no doubt that it will be a highly desirable gadget — so
it won't be any surprise at all if cybercriminals begin to use it
as bait in their scams and attacks,” Graham Cluley, senior
technology consultant for the security firm Sophos, told
SecurityNewsDaily.

Announced yesterday (March 2) by Apple
CEO Steve Jobs, the sleek
new iPad 2 will be in stores March 11. That leaves a little
more than a week for scammers to roll out their enticing
ploys.

In addition to the typical survey
scams, phishing e-mails and social media posts
promising
free iPads, Cluley said he expects to see offers “claiming
that Apple is looking for last minute 'beta 'testers'" to try out
the device before the general public.

As alluring as the promise of getting
the iPad 2 before anyone else sounds, Cluley said it’s necessary
to view any too-good-to-be-true offer with “a healthy fill of
skepticism.”

“People should remember that there's
rarely such thing as a free lunch — especially if it's an
expensive piece of electronics that's sitting on the menu,”
Cluley said.